vision of the future: where will elearning be in 2020?
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A presentation I gave on 20 September 2010 in the LearnIT strand of the World Computer Congress (http://www.wcc2010.com/) held in Brisbane, Australia.TRANSCRIPT
Vision of the Future: Where will eLearning be in 2020?
Carol SkyringLearnTel, Australia
“…the future has been a disappointment”
John GardnerQueen’s University, Belfast 1995
Cited in http://hdl.handle.net/2428/8061
Video removed seeMr Winkle Wakes:
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Where have we been?
Where are we now?
Where is it heading?
Effect on education?
Key factors for success
Where have we been ?
Thaumatrope: 1825 Phenakistoscope: 1832
Zoopraxiscope: 1879
Mid 1800s prediction
Frustrated and enraged at obtaining so many crossed visual lines, a man hurls his
chair at le tele. An observation by Robida that
while tremendous strides may be made in technology, human behaviour changes not in the
slightest.
Late1900s
Where are we now ?
2000-2010
http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxypar4/2124673642/
Telepresence
Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to to feel as if they were present, to give the appearance that they were present, or to have an effect, at a location other than their true location.
Wikipedia
(Tele)Presence
• A group of 'presence' technologies & standards that let applications know:- where you are
- what you're doing
- what kind of communications you're prepared to receive.
Virtual Worlds
Second Life:- Total accounts: over 18 million
- Users last 60 days: 1,366,528
- Online 1pm today: 54,526
- Over 700 universities have campuses
- New institutions just in 2nd life
PLNs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2922421696/
Warlick, D. (2009). Grow your personal learning network: New technologies can keep you connected and help you manage information overload. Learning & Leading with Technology, 36(6) p. 15
Where is it heading?
In 2020
• Children currently in Year 1 will be entering the workforce
• Some parents of Year 1 students are currently finishing school
• More over 65s than under 16s*
• Younger, less experienced teachers*
* in 2020 Vision: Report of the Teaching and Learning in 2020 Review Group, Department for Education and Skills, UK
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eLearningVirtual WorldsPLN Mobile
Personalised Learning
• Learner centred
• Knowledge centred
• Assessment centred (formative & summative)
2020 Vision: Report of the Teaching and Learning in 2020 Review Grouphttp://www.decs.sa.gov.au/learningtechnologies/files/links/2020_Vision.pdf.
The mobile device will be the world’s primary connection tool
to the Internet in 2020.
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Videoconference from real life to 2nd life
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Effecton education?
What does this mean for students?
• Rich learning environment
• Lots of interaction
• Instant responses to queries
• Anywhere & anytime
Higher Ed• Today students choose:
- The courses they study
- The campus they attend
• Tomorrow courses will be accessible from anywhere
• In the future students will choose with whom they study NOT where
Schools
• Global connections with other classes
• Content from sources around the world
• Virtual excursions
What does this mean for teachers?
• New ways of teaching
• New ways of structuring learning
• Always on?
- Anywhere
- Anyone
- Anytime
- 24/7
Key factors for success ?
• Appropriate and effective use:- Is this the RIGHT tool
- A combination
• Pedagogical issues:- How can I BEST teach this
- Instructional design
• Environment- Ease of use
• Support for instructors and students:- Professional development
• Provide learning solutions NOT technological ones
• Technology is your slave - not your master
• Design great learning experiences
We are currently preparing students for jobs & technologies
that don’t yet exist.....
in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.
We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Albert Einstein
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Be brave!
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